Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-18

insoiSent court that they should want $1,000
for fees, expenses snd professional services.
This Is understood to be ) per cent. on col
/ lection, or about $1,000, and 81 900 more for
professional services and expenses This
amount has not yet been allowed by Judge
Savage, who demurs at the amount of the
bill, and has the matter nov under consider
/ alton. Judge Savage states that OF the col
/ lections, so termed, Sis 900 came in one
lump from the auction sale of the mills.
FRANKLIN.
| Wednesday afternoon heavy shower
| passed over Salem at o'clock P. NJ. The
| lightning struck Geo. W. Mills barn and set
the hay on fire, but it was new hay and quite
green, so it was easily put out The light
nlng struck the ventilator and passed down
the roof on the west side and across to the
south side, and down post, scatter ring shin.
giles and clapboards in all directions, and
damaging the barn some SIS 10 $50; no in
surance
knowlton, McLeary & Co.'S elegant new
block on Main street, Pennington, on the
site of the old block is so nearly completed
that they have m wed into their rooms on the
first floor and basement, and in a day or two
will be running full blast They will have
The neatest and best furnished printing office
IN New England. everything being new and
of the latest style.
| HANCOCK
BAR HARBoR Our correspondent writes.
July Is just off the pier are safely riding at
their moorlRgs the yachts of the Eastern
Club. Part of them arrived here on Taes-
day and the remainder on Wednesday. The
New York sloep Priscilla arrived TO- day.
She was delayed by having sprung her main
mast off Cape Cod, and were obliged to put
| fnr n,,n
weather prevailed during the entire cruise,
and several of the crafts met with slight
accidents The Mobcan carried away her
fore-topmast of the Isle of Shoals, and went
into Rockiand. The yachts which have
arrived are the Irequois. Egerla, Adrienne.
Satona, Mohican, Ambassadors. the largest
yacht afioat, Gltana, flagship of the squadron,
and sloop yacht Papoose, all of Boston. To
dav there is fine display of bunting. Each
vessel is handsomely draped with flags. The
Gitana is floating forty six flags. The other
yachts which arrived wi the Eastern Club,
are The English cutter Galatea, English cut.
ter Stranger, yachts Breeze, AddIe Lorelei
and several others. The steam yacht Meteor
OF New Y rk, sailed from here to-day, Gen.
W T. Sherman was on board The Eastern
yacht club cruise will terminate here. The
Gaiatea and Stranger will sail for Halifax Iii
a few days.
AT the Bluffs. Mt Desert Ferry, an arte.
sian well is being bored to supply hotel and
| cottages. Vein has been struck which sup
Plies 5000 gallons of water but il is necessary
to secure supply If at least 5000 gallons.
| rms they exnect to strike in few days,
reports the Ellsworth American.
On Saturday last Mr. Thomas Ford of
Ellsworth. while at work in his garden, dug
out of the earth small gold watch and on
| Tuesday long gold chain, SAYS the Ellsworth
American. The articles look as if they
might have been lost nine or ten years ago.
kENNEBEc
The four-year old daughter of Joseph
Dome, of Winslow, was quite severely cut
with scythe, last "Wednesday morning Her
sister. about seven years of age, took up a
scythe and attempted to cut some grass, when
the little one run against it, cutting her on
| the leg, just below the knee, severing the
cords, and necesstating several stitches to
close the wound.
The Maine Central Company is putting in
a new iron bridge at Seven Mile Brook, Vas
salboro'. The bridge will be considerably
shorter than the old one, will have stone abut
ments, and one iron span across the brook,
and one across the roadway. The company
will also put IN iron girders across Lovejoy's
Ferry road, about two miles north of Seven
Mile Brook. And during the season, the
wooden bridge across Two-Mile Brook, Au-
gusta, will be replaced by an iron one This
| is the last of the ten long pile or trestle
bridges between Waterville and Augusta.
PENoBsCoT.
The First National Bank, of Dexter de-
clared semi-annual dividend of 81 per cent
last week. 1t is in = very prosperous condi-
1 I
Tuesday evening, to arrange matters between
the Maine Central and claimants for damages
caused by the non-fulfillment of contract by
the railroad in the sale of circus tickets with
return coupons from Bangor. There are
nearly forty claims, all of them trifling in
| amount with one or TWO exceptions. A II have
been settled with the exception of Mrs. Har-
| llng's case.-Where the work was discontn-
ued on the line of electric light wires down
on Main street. the ends of the two wires
were left on the pole-safe enough it let
alone. But Monday evening some Of the
| boys set up little experiment Of their own
IN eltctrlc phenOmena, by getting the ends
Of these wires together, forming circuit.
| They got vero pretty eff ct and the sparks
flew II tine shsD-, In the meantime the eff
feet # the performance on III, dynamo w4s
to 1urn The copper hru be. ami cause II ge0-
eral dera0gemr0t ihA- cam near spelling the
costly machine Thu engine was stopped
very quick or the results could have been
Haa Wor, than .hry were.
| SAGADAHoC.
| The Drnison 3 shop company is putting
~ 4 bridge 10 Top. just ID front of their
| !ea+e mill, across the west channel TO the
re X island lying west If this channel. with
| e" 10 use that i-Iaal Tor the storage ~
III osr 1t was formerly used for that pur
p - but the briiEe then crossed from
SOONER street east 20 the Island Work ap
F. a. to De lively at Their wood work shop.
memorial window in memory Of Rev.
Nathan Brock. has been placed in the North
st Church, Bath, the gift of his daughter
Mrs. EmelIne Balch. Mr. Brooks was pastor
Of this church for eleven years.
YoRK.
Two electrical signals have been placed on
the Boston & Maine track. about half a mile
above the depot at Old Orchard, which are
operated from the station. A red indicat
does duty in the day time and a red light at
night. The great advantage of this can
scarcely be estimated. 1t means practically
absolute safety to all the trains coming to
and going from the Old Orchard depot